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Distributed computer monitoring system and methods for autonomous computer management

  • US 7,269,757 B2
  • Filed: 07/24/2003
  • Issued: 09/11/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of analyzing resources and events of a computing environment comprising:

  • (a) storing in a first database located within a first computer a first dataset describing the resource and event characteristics of the first computer at a first moment in time;

    (b) storing in the first database a second dataset describing the resource and event characteristics of the first computer at a second moment in time;

    (c) comparing, by an agent of the first computer system, the first dataset and the second dataset in order to determine whether the differences indicate the occurrence of an exceptional event; and

    (d) when an exceptional event has occurred, initiating by the agent of the first computer system an exception handling routine comprising;

    i. establishing communication with an agent executing on a second computer, the established communication occurring in a peer-to-peer fashion;

    ii. querying the second agent to determine if a substantially similar exceptional event occurred at the second computer; and

    iii. receiving a response from the agent of the second computer, the response comprising information related to the substantially similar exceptional event.

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